| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Chinese Synopsis | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| Chapter One: Survey of Preface in General and Henry James's Strange Prefaces to His New York Edition Works | 第14-26页 |
| ·Survey of General Prefaces | 第14-16页 |
| ·Henry James's Strange Prefaces to His Novels | 第16-26页 |
| ·James's Prefaces Seen As Vehicle for His Theory of The Novelistic Form | 第20-21页 |
| ·Point of View and Central Consciousness | 第21-23页 |
| ·A Biography or An Autobiography | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Two: James's Authoritative Prefaces | 第26-34页 |
| ·Necessity of Boundary | 第26-28页 |
| ·Limiting the Origin of Tales | 第28-29页 |
| ·Wielding Power Over Reading By Establishing His Craft As Only Authentic Way To Fully Understand His Novels | 第29-30页 |
| ·Creating Ideal Author in The Preface by The Construction of Authorial Consciousness, Intending to Establish a Standard of Appreciation for His Ideal Readers | 第30-34页 |
| Chapter Three: The Inexact Fit Between James's Prefaces and The Texts | 第34-48页 |
| ·Satellite Narrators Vs Center of Consciousness: Conflicting Points Of View In The Portrait of A Lady | 第35-39页 |
| ·Unreliable Guide: James's Preface to The Ambassadors | 第39-48页 |
| Chapter Four: An Ideal Situation For Handling The Relationship Between James's Prefaces And Its Texts | 第48-56页 |
| ·Double Reading of James's Prefaces | 第48-51页 |
| ·Reader's Double Roles in Appreciating James's Works | 第51-56页 |
| Conclusion | 第56-57页 |
| Notes | 第57-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-62页 |
